One last hurdle....(before 2 more years of waiting and THEN we get the big news.... we hope!)

We have just gotten word that our dossier is in the "review room". This is where it is gone over by a CCAA employee with a fine toothed comb to find any problems. This could be anything from a question about our medical records, or a problem with the physical look to the paperwork (example: finding a staple hole in one of the papers.... yeah, it can get that nit picky). We are crossing our fingers that there are no issues, because if they do pull our paperwork to call our agency about a question they have, then we get pulled out of line. It will go back in eventually, but that will push us back at least a couple more months. So we probably have 2 months before we find out if everything is fine. I guess we are pretty used to waiting at this point.

Our paperwork is set to expire next month. We have to pay to update our fingerprints, our homestudy (just in case we've had any major changes in the last year), our financial paperwork, and our immigration paperwork. And all because of the expiration date set by our government. So we will probably end up paying $1600 for updating this paperwork that will expire again before we leave. Good times.

In the meantime... I just got back from Germany with my sister Molly- and had a great trip. It was super fast, but it was incredible. I am working on Chris to take a sabbatical and head over there for a few months. I am not sure I could pull him away from work, but maybe if he wrote a second book, then.... yeah, I just heard him scream in anguish, so that may not happen. But the extended vacation sounds great.

Big summer plans include spending some time out on the boat- we're heading out to see for a week and a half, I'm back in training for my second Danskin triathlon, and enjoying some outdoor movies at the Anderson Family Outdoor Cinema.... which should promise to be entertaining. Also a lot of fun.... I learned that when you stop teaching and move to the district office, 8 weeks of summer vacation is a thing of the past. I will really enjoy about 3 weeks off- in total. Oh well, I guess 25 years of 6 week vacations is a good enough run.

As I type this, Chris is playing guitar hero II, which has sadly become quite the obsession for the two of us. It must have kicked up our latent band geek DNA, because Chris is going to learn how to play the piano, and I am going to try to learn how to play guitar. I hope this sticks easier than my adventures with the violin. Our hope is to one day become substitute members of The Moondoggies, (okay now this link works!) but don't tell Kevin, yet. We may need to ease him into that.

Well, that is the news for now! Keep your fingers crossed for no questions from the review room!

Megan